The first in her family to attend college, a student reflects with her professor on her life of struggles and growth as she prepares to graduate from Loyola Marymount University.

Telling my story might have been impaired had I approached it from the point of view of describing a cult. That was for the audience to discern and for me, ultimately, to accept.

Pre-grief is not the absence of hope. Somehow, we can mourn what is passing away even while we work to preserve it.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To honor this month, I want to share why I’m so glad I sought help.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused our world, as we know it, to end. But there might be a better world around the bend, a better arrangement than the one we have grown used to.

Catherine is a model of contemplation in action, no doubt. But for many, the biography of her life has overshadowed her writings.